The Academic Integrity Committee of Senate has been asked to examine the policies on Academic Dishonesty at Acadia.  As such, we are asking faculty to complete this VERY BRIEF survey to help us get a sense of what faculty are doing and what they would like to see happen when they are faced with cases of cheating, plagiarism, or other kinds of academic dishonesty. Your completing of this survey will potentially help us to create new or better policies to help you deal with these difficult situations.

1.) Please indicate the Faculty you teach in:

2.) Please indicate the department you teach in (optional): 

3.) When you are faced with an instance of academic dishonesty (cheating on an exam, plagiarism in a paper, etc.), what do you do? (Check as many as apply)

4) Would you like to elaborate further on what you do when faced with an instance of academic dishonesty?

5.) When deciding how to address instances of academic dishonesty, which of the following do you follow?  Please Select Departmental Policy Policy in the Handbook My own set policy What I do depends on the situation Other:

6.) Do you prefer to handle academic dishonesty yourself or would you rather someone else handled it after you reported it?

Please Select I’d rather handle it myself I’d rather let my head, dean, or other committee look after this after I report it. Other: ________________________

If you chose other please elaborate here:

7.) What do you like about how academic dishonesty is handled by you and/or by others at this university?

8.) What would you like to see changed about how academic dishonesty is handled at this university?

9.) Do you have any other comments, suggestions, or insights related to Academic Dishonesty?

Thank you for your participation in this survey. Your responses will be immeasurably helpful to helping us assess ways to address academic dishonesty at Acadia.